Analysis of I can't write
Vicki J. Friend 1958 (Dallas)
I can't write, my head is not knowing.
I can't write, my tears are flowing.
I can't write, my madness is growing.
I can't write, positive you are knowing.
I can't write, the fire is growing.
I can't write, the end is knowing.
I can't write.
| Scheme | AAAAAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111110 11111110 111110110 1111001110 111010110 11101110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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